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Inherited fromMiddle Englishsymple,simple, fromOld Frenchsimple, fromLatinsimplex(“simple”, literally“onefold”) (as opposed toduplex(“double”, literally“twofold”)), fromsemel(“the same”) +plicō(“I fold”). Seesame andfold. Comparesingle,singular,simultaneous, etc.

Partially displaced native Englishonefold.

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Adjective

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simple (comparativesimplerormoresimple,superlativesimplestormostsimple)

  2. Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
    Synonyms:onefold;see alsoThesaurus:bare-bones
    Antonym:subtle
    • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in thissimple republic?
    • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson,Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page253:
      Primitive people, colossally ignorant of the cause of disease and of curative processes, attributed to supernatural agencies any causes and effects for which theirsimple minds could give no natural explanations.
    • 2006, M. Etoet al., “Solitons in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories”, inParticles, Strings and Cosmology‎[1],→ISBN, page266:
      Thesimplest soliton is the domain wall with co-dimension one, and the nextsimplest is the vortex with co-dimension two, whereas the co-dimension three (four) soliton is called monopole (instanton).
  4. Easy; not difficult.
    Synonyms:basic,trivial;see alsoThesaurus:easy
    Antonyms:challenging,hard;see alsoThesaurus:difficult
    • 2001, Sydney I. Landau,Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page167:
      There is nosimple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.
    • 2021, Luis Atencio,The Joy of JavaScript, Simon and Schuster,→ISBN,page104:
      Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making itsimpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause.
  5. Withoutornamentation;plain.
    Synonyms:austere,plain;see alsoThesaurus:unadorned
    Antonyms:flashy,tinselly;see alsoThesaurus:gaudy
  6. Free fromduplicity;guileless,innocent,straightforward.
    Synonyms:sincere,unaffected;see alsoThesaurus:honest,Thesaurus:naive
    Antonyms:crafty,guileful;see alsoThesaurus:wily
    • 1605, Iohn Marston [i.e.,John Marston],The Dutch Courtezan. […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for Iohn Hodgets, […],→OCLC,(please specify the page):
      Full many fine men go upon my score, assimple as I stand here, and I trust them.
    • 1812,Lord Byron, “Canto I”, inChilde Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […];William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; byThomas Davison, […],→OCLC, stanza XXXVI:
      Must thou trust Tradition'ssimple tongue?
    • 1838 July 24,Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Literary Ethics. An Oration Delivered before the Literary Societies of Dartmouth College, July 24, 1838”, inNature, Addresses, and Lectures (Emerson’s Complete Works; I), Riverside edition, London: The Waverley Book Company, published1883,→OCLC,page160:
      Nothing is moresimple than greatness; indeed, to besimple is to be great. The vision of genius comes by renouncing the too officious activity of the understanding, and giving leave and amplest privilege to the spontaneous sentiment.
  7. Undistinguished in social condition; of no specialrank.
    Synonyms:common,low-born,ordinary,vulgar
    Antonyms:eminent,gentle,notable,highborn,well-born
  8. (archaic)Trivial;insignificant.
    Synonyms:inconsequential;see alsoThesaurus:insignificant
    Antonyms:significant;see alsoThesaurus:important
    • 1470–1485 (date produced),Thomas Malory, “Capitulum LV”, in[Le Morte Darthur], book X (in Middle English), [London: […] byWilliam Caxton], published31 July 1485,→OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor,Le Morte Darthur […], London:David Nutt, […],1889,→OCLC:
      ‘That was asymple cause,’ seyde Sir Trystram, ‘for to sle a good knyght for seyynge well by his maystir.’
      ‘That was a simple cause,’ said Sir Tristram, ‘for to slay a good knight for to say well by his master.’
  9. (now colloquial, euphemistic) Feeble-minded;foolish.
    Synonyms:dim-witted,unwise;see alsoThesaurus:foolish,Thesaurus:stupid
    Antonyms:astute,quick-witted;see alsoThesaurus:wise
  10. (heading, technical) Structurally uncomplicated.
    Synonyms:basic,plain,uncomplex,uncomplicated
    Antonyms:complex,compound,complicated
    1. (chemistry, pharmacology) Consisting of onesingle substance;uncompounded.
    2. (algebra, loosely, of analgebraic structure) Being non-trivial, and admitting noproper non-trivialquotients.
      1. (group theory, of agroup) Being non-trivial, and having noproper non-trivialnormal subgroups (equivalently, no proper non-trivialquotient groups).
      2. (module theory, of amodule) Being non-trivial, and having noproper non-trivialsubmodules (equivalently, no proper non-trivialquotient modules).
      3. (ring theory, of aring) Being non-zero, and having noproper non-zerotwo-sided ideals (equivalently, no proper non-trivialquotient rings). Forcommutative rings, this definition coincides with that of afield.
      4. (universal algebra, of analgebraic structure) Containing more than oneelement, and such that the onlycongruences on the structure are thediagonal relation (theequivalence relationa≡b⟺a=b{\displaystyle a\equiv b\iff a=b}) and theuniversal relation (the equivalence relation such thata≡b{\displaystyle a\equiv b} for alla,b{\displaystyle a,b}). Equivalently, containing more than one element and having no proper non-trivialquotient algebras.
      5. (category theory, of anobject in acategory with aterminal object) Being non-isomorphic to the terminal object, and such that its onlyquotient objects (up toisomorphism) are the terminal object and itself.
    3. (algebra, of aLie algebra) Being non-abelian and having noproper non-zeroideals.(Note that this is non-equivalent to the usual algebra sense; in particular, the abelian Lie algebra ofdimension 1 over any givenfield is non-trivial and has no proper non-zero ideals, but is by convention not considered simple.)
    4. (mathematics, real analysis, measure theory, of areal-valuedfunction) Equal to a finitelinear combination ofindicator functions onmeasurable sets.
    5. (botany) Notcompound, but possiblylobed.
    6. Usingsteam only once in itscylinders, in contrast to acompound engine, where steam is used more than once inhigh-pressure andlow-pressure cylinders.(of a steam engine)
      • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor,Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 6:
        Chesapeake & Ohio turned tosimple articulateds, for instance, simply because its Alleghany tunnels would not accommodate the low-pressure forward cylinders of larger compounds.
    7. (zoology) Consisting of a single individual orzooid; notcompound.
      asimple ascidian
    8. (mineralogy)Homogenous.
  11. (obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.
    Synonyms:alone,mere,only,very
    • c.1604–1605 (date written),William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i]:
      A medicine[…] whosesimple touch / Is powerful to araise King Pepin.
    • 1859,Ned Buntline, chapter XCIV, inSeawaif; Or, The Terror of the Coast, New York: Frederic A. Brady,page117:
      "Yes; as well versed in the art of intrigue, I should think, as if she had been brought up in attendance in a court, instead of being asimple butler's daughter, in a gloomy old pile like this!"

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uncomplicated
simple-minded

Noun

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simple (pluralsimples)

  1. (pharmacology) Aherbalpreparation made from oneplant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
  2. (obsolete, by extension) Aphysician.
  3. (logic) A simple or atomicproposition.
    • 2021 September 14,Michael David Stevens, 10:41 from the start, inDo Chairs Exist?‎[2]:
      Peter van Inwagen, for example, believes that there are no ordinary objects, no chairs or shirts or shoes. Right here there are just somesimples — atoms or whatever — arranged shoe-wise.
  4. (obsolete) Something notmixed orcompounded.
  5. (weaving) Adrawloom.
  6. (weaving) Part of theapparatus for raising theheddles of adrawloom.
  7. (Roman Catholicism) Afeast which is not adouble or asemidouble.

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preparation from one plant

Verb

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simple (third-person singular simple presentsimples,present participlesimpling,simple past and past participlesimpled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinsimplex.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsimple/[ˈsĩm.ple]
  • Rhymes:-imple
  • Syllabification:sim‧ple

Adjective

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simple (epicene,pluralsimples)

  1. simple(uncomplicated)
    Synonym:cenciellu

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Borrowed fromLatinsimplex.

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simple m orf (masculine and feminine pluralsimples)

  1. simple(uncomplicated)
    Synonym:senzill
  2. single(not divided into parts)

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Central Bikol

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishsimple.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsimple/ [ˈsim.pl̪e]
  • Hyphenation:sim‧ple

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símple (intensifiedsimplehon,Basahan spellingᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒ)

  1. simple,plain
  2. unadorned
  3. easy
    Synonyms:madali,pasil

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited fromSpanishsimple(“simple”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsimple/,[ˈsĩm.ple]
  • Hyphenation:sim‧ple

Adjective

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simple

  1. simple

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Fromsimpla +‎-e.

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Adverb

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simple

  1. simply

French

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Inherited fromOld French, borrowed fromLatinsimplex.

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French numbers(edit)
10
12  → 10  → 
   Cardinal:un
   Ordinal:premier
   Ordinalabbreviation:1er
   Multiplier:simple
   Fractional:entier
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simple (pluralsimples)

  1. single
    comptabilitéen partiesimple ―single-entry bookkeeping
  2. simple,straightforward,easy
    Antonyms:complexe,compliqué
    Near-synonym:facile
    simple comme bonjour ―easy as pie
  3. simple,plain,unsophisticated
    un hommesimple ―asimple man
  4. (grammar)synthetic; nonanalytic
    Coordinate terms:composé,antérieur
    futursimple ―simple future
    passésimple ―past historic tense (literally, “simple past”)
  5. (grammar)
    Coordinate term:complexe
    phrasesimple ―simple sentence
  6. (chemistry)simple,uncompounded
    Coordinate term:composé
    corpssimple ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. one-way
    unallersimple ―aone-way ticket
    un billetsimple ―aone-way ticket
  8. mere
    unsimple soldat ―amere soldier

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simple m (pluralsimples)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation, then remove the text{{rfdef}}.
    passer dusimple au double ―to double
    passer dusimple au triple ―to triple
  2. (baseball)single

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinsimplex. DisplacedOld Galician-Portuguesesimplez.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsimple/[ˈs̺im.plɪ]
  • Rhymes:-imple
  • Hyphenation:sim‧ple

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simple m orf (pluralsimples)

  1. simple
    Synonym:sinxelo

German

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simple

  1. inflection ofsimpel:
    1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
    2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
    3. weaknominative all-gendersingular
    4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

Latin

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simple

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofsimplus

Middle English

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Adjective

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simple

  1. alternative form ofsymple

Noun

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simple

  1. alternative form ofsymple

Mirandese

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

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  • IPA(key): /ˈs̺ĩple/[ˈs̺ĩ.plɨ](Central)
  • IPA(key): /ˈs̺ĩple/[ˈs̺ɨ̃j̃.plɨ](Sendinese)
  • Rhymes:-ĩple
  • Syllabification:sim‧ple

Adjective

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simple m orf (masculine and feminine pluralsimples)

  1. simple

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nouns

References

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  • Moisés, Pires (2004), “simple”, inPequeno vocabulário Mirandês-Português [Small Mirandese-Portuguese Vocabulary], 2nd edition, Miranda do Douro: Câmara Municipal de Miranda do Douro, published2019,→ISBN, page478.

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simple

  1. definitesingular ofsimpel
  2. plural ofsimpel

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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simple

  1. definitesingular ofsimpel
  2. plural ofsimpel

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinsimplex.

Adjective

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simple m (oblique and nominative feminine singularsimple)

  1. innocent
  2. mere;simple
  3. honest; withoutpretense
  4. peasant,pauper (attributive)

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simple

  1. feminine/neuterpluralnominative/accusative ofsimplu

Spanish

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10
12  → 10  → 
   Cardinal:uno
   Apocopated cardinal:un
   Ordinal:primero
   Apocopated ordinal:primer
   Ordinalabbreviation:1.º
   Multiplier:simple
   Distributive:sendos
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinsimplex.

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simple m orf (masculine and feminine pluralsimples)

  1. simple(uncomplicated)
    Synonym:sencillo
    Antonym:complejo
  2. (before the noun)mere,ordinary
    Synonym:mero
    Soy unsimple pescador. ―I'mjust a fisherman.
  3. simple,single(not divided into parts)
    Antonym:compuesto
  4. simple-minded,stupid
  5. insipid,flavorless
    Synonym:soso
  6. (grammar)simple

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  • A way to think of the difference betweensimple andsencillo, which both mean "simple" in English, is that the antonym ofsimple iscomplejo(“complex”), whereas the antonym ofsencillo iscomplicado(“complicated”).

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Noun

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simple m orfby sense (pluralsimples)

  1. simpleton,fool
    Synonym:bobo

Noun

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simple m (pluralsimples)

  1. (pharmacology)simple

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Swedish

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Adjective

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simple

  1. definitenatural masculinesingular ofsimpel

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishsimple, fromLatinsimplex.

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simple (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒ)

  1. simple;easy todo
    Synonyms:payak,yano,liso
    • 1994, Al O. Santiago,Sining ng pagsasaling-wika: sa Filipino mula sa Ingles‎[3],→ISBN:
      Simpleng-simple rin ang aklat na ito kung ihahambing sa aklat ni Mildred Larson.
      This book is alsovery simple compared to the book of Mildred Larson.
    • 2002,Yaman Ng Pagkatao i Tm' 2002 Ed.‎[4], Rex Bookstore, Inc.,→ISBN, page173:
      Ang boluntaryong pagpili ngsimpleng pamumuhay ay isang desisyong maaari nating maisakatuparan.
      The voluntary choice of asimple life is a decision that we can carry out.
  2. common;ordinary
    Synonyms:karaniwan,pangkaraniwan
  3. easy tounderstand
  4. simple;plain
    Synonym:payak
  5. (grammar)simple
    Synonym:payak

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  • “simple”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,2018
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